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What “processed in browser” means
- Your file is never sent to a server.
- The work happens only in your browser's memory.
- Refreshing or closing the page discards the work in progress.
- Files you download stay on your device.
- Requests for ads and site resources are separate from your file — they never carry it.
Rotate PDF — Lock Orientation into the File
Turning the view in a viewer often reverts when you save. You need to change the page orientation recorded in the document itself so it looks right in any program.
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This tool edits the document's page-rotation property directly. You can rotate all pages one way, or pick individual pages from thumbnails and set each to a different angle.
Rotation applies only in 90-degree steps. It's different from skew correction, which nudges a slightly tilted scan by a degree or two.
How to use
Select a PDF
Upload the document that needs rotating and thumbnails appear in their current orientation.
Set the angle
Use the rotate-all button to turn every page at once, or the per-thumbnail rotate buttons to adjust page by page.
Save
Download a new PDF with the chosen orientation written into it. It stays correct even when opened in another viewer.
Key features
Permanent, viewer-independent
Not a temporary on-screen turn — the angle is written to the page property and saved.
Per-page rotation
Even when orientation differs page to page, like a document with landscape tables mixed in, you can set each one.
Recognizes existing rotation
For documents that already carry rotation info, it adds to or subtracts from the current angle.
No quality loss
Pages aren't redrawn — only the orientation value changes — so text and image quality stay the same.
Limits of this tool
- Only 90-degree rotation is supported. Skew correction of 1–2 degrees is not offered.
When to use it
A contract scanned sideways
Stand a document saved lying down due to a wrong feed direction upright for easier reading.
A report with landscape tables
In a document with a portrait body and landscape appendix tables, rotate only the table pages to align print orientation.
Unifying orientation before printing
Tidy up before distribution so paper orientation isn't jumbled when printed.
How are your files handled?
Your files stay on your device.
Rotation is applied by editing the document structure directly in your browser. File contents never leave your device.
Selected files open only in your browser's memory, and results are handed straight to your device when you save. Close the tab and any remaining data is gone with it. See the Privacy Policy and File Retention Policy for details.
Related reading
- Why your PDF prints with the edges cut offIt looks fine on screen, but the printed page loses table borders or page numbers at the edge. The causes — scaling, paper size, margins — and the order to check them.
- You rotated the PDF, but it opens sideways againRotated it in the viewer, saved, sent it — and the recipient still sees it sideways. The difference between view rotation and file rotation ends this problem for good.
- Handling PDF paperwork with nothing but your phoneWhen “please send the documents” arrives while you're out: shooting, converting, merging, and sending — all from the phone's browser, no app installed.